rough-hew

rough-hew
    v 1: hew roughly, without finishing the surface; "rough-hew
         stone or timber" [syn: {rough-hew}, {roughcast}]
    

Roughhew \Rough"hew`\, v. t.
   1. To hew coarsely, without smoothing; as, to roughhew
      timber.
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   2. To give the first form or shape to; to form rudely; to
      shape approximately and rudely; to roughcast.
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            There's a divinity that shapes our ends,
            Roughhew them how we will.            --Shak.
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59 Moby Thesaurus words for "roughhew":
      bat out, block out, botch, bungle, carve, cast, chisel, create,
      cut, dash off, do anyhow, do by halves, do carelessly, do offhand,
      efform, fake up, fashion, figure, fix, forge, form, formalize,
      found, frame, fudge up, hew, jury-rig, knead, knock off, knock out,
      knock together, lash up, lay out, lick into shape, mint, model,
      mold, patch, patch together, patch up, pound out, rough out,
      roughcast, sculpt, sculpture, set, shape, slap up, stamp, tailor,
      thermoform, throw off, throw together, toss off, toss out,
      toss together, trifle with, whomp up, work